This may be a stupid question but I can't figure out how to put an image on top of a background and be able to fade that in and out.

I want this:



But I can only figure out how to do this:

Where the background is always visible through the circle.

Am I missing a node or is it more complex than I initially thought?

Now I have something like this:


Is that the correct approach?

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Hello, there should be a couple of ways to achieve this effect, but here's one possible and simple solution which I hope that fits your requirements, in which I make use of the Lerp node:



And the result as you set the slider from 0 to 1, and back to 0:



Please let me know if this helps, thanks!

Hey! Thanks for the reply and suggestion.

The problem here is that I don't want the additive effect which is why I had to make it black on the background where the image has to be added.

Basically what I want is a way to just put and image on top of another with transparency based on the image alpha channel. As far as I can see the only two ways of mixing two images is using either add or multiply neither block out the background completely hence the black circle on the background.

You can also use the Image's alpha channel as the interpolator for the Lerp node:



The result is not additive in this case, rather a blend between both image and background, is this what you're looking for?

Wow, thanks so much!

This was exactly what I was hoping for plus I learned something that I can use for other things as well.

Thanks a bunch for excellent support!

Happy I was able to help!

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